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Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Among many other books, he is the author of WHITEHALL ('Much the best book on the British civil service ever to appear', Anthony King, Economist) and NEVER AGAIN: BRITAIN 1945-1951, which in 1993 won the NCR Award for Non-Fiction and the Duff Cooper Prize

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A collection of interviews with great statesmen and office holders of Britain's yesteryear.

Mass market paperback edition of this major work by one of Britain's leading contemporary historians, exploring the grand themes that have run throughout 20th and 21st century Britain and also laying bear the contemporary historian's art. 'As you would expect...his account is lively, personal, pungent, entertaining and instructive...I found this discursive account such a generous, cheering and stimulating read' "The Oldie

Top experts discuss the gathering of intelligence by the Secret Services - a topic of vital current concern and importance. >

Imagine that fairy tales are real and can be explored in detail with the help of maps.Imagine that fairy tales are real and can be explored in detail with the help of maps. Imagine navigating the mysteries of Aladdin's kingdom, the dangers of the Giant's kingdom at the top of Jack's beanstalk, and the whimsy of Alice's Wonderland. Imagine a trip through the unique geographical features of Peter Pan's Neverland, Dorothy's Land of Oz, and Snow W...

Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary College, London, and the Director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author of Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes), the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State (all Penguin).

Analyzing the special chemistry of life in Number 10 Downing Street, Peter Hennessy scrutinizes what the Prime Minister actually does and the way that Cabinet government is run. He draws on unprecedented access to many of the leading politicians and also recently declassified, electrifying archival material. He illuminates Prime Ministerial attitudes towards, and authority over, such topics as nuclear weapons policy, the planning and waging of...